Published in November 30th, 2011
BarroMetrics Views: Do What We Know
Dom’s comment today (http://tradingsuccess.com/blog/fulcrum-trader-2130.html#comment-5936) emphasizes again that there are two distinct elements for any success, but especially trading success.
Know what to do
Do what you know
When I did my due diligence on Chris Koozekanani, the feedback was he had something genuine to offer. I took the course and did find […]
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Published in November 28th, 2011
BarroMetrics Views: The Effort for Success
“The sucker play is always the same.. to make easy money. Greed, vanity, and laziness..(his) hope of gaining more keeps him from taking profits when he should;(his hope) of losing less….keeps him from taking a relatively small loss.” (Jess Livermore, “Reminiscences of a Stock Operator“)
This year I started a new […]
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Published in November 25th, 2011
BarroMetrics Views: S&P and Seasonality II
More quant studies This time by Jason Goepfert who writes a daily newsletter (see http://www.sentimentrader.com/)
“2011 can now officially claim the worst pre-Thanksgiving week ever. Two other years, 1973 and 2000, had losses exceeding -3% and 6 years had losses greater than -2%.
Of those 6, the half-day after the holiday was […]
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Published in November 24th, 2011
BarroMetrics Views: S&P and Seasonality
There are two seasonality periods, I have tended to rely on because both have proven to be consistent: the first are the stats surrounding Thanksgiving and the second are the stats surrounding the Xmas Rally.
Rob Hanna of Quantifiable Edges produced a day-by-day breakdown of the stat in 2010, see http://quantifiableedges.blogspot.com/2010/11/thanksgiving-week-tendencies-revisited.html
His […]
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Published in November 17th, 2011
Today, I am attaching a great article by Dr. Janice Dorn (http://www.thetradingdoctor.com/).
With the markets poised on a knife’s edge, it’s worth keeping Janice’s words in mind…..
….. I don’t know what it’s like in the US, but the desire for instant success is rampant in Singapore (if the ads in the daily papers are anything […]
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Published in November 17th, 2011
BarroMetrics Views: Plans That Suit III
In this blog, I’ll look to conclude the overview.
The final aspect of creating plans that suit lies with our decision-making process. Research now shows that while most of use exhibit both types of decision-making processes, one tends to predominate. And the processes are:
The Planner: a la Warren Buffet. She tends […]
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Published in November 15th, 2011
Alfie?
No, BarroMetrics!
We have decided to invite our business associates besides our senior students of BarroMetrics to a do to round off the year of HOS and Barros Swings seminars.
It was a happy buzz and our mentor had this to impart :
http://youtu.be/UeJmjNe0k-Q
Enjoy
Ag. Moderator
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Published in November 10th, 2011
BarroMetrics Views; Plans That Suit II
I think this blog is the glue that holds the jig-saw together.
In Singapore and Hong Kong, the Performance Paradigm is:
Performance = Capacity + Knowledge
It follows therefore that the more knowledge we have, the better will be our performance. But this idea is flawed. Success depends on what we know AND […]
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Published in November 9th, 2011
BarroMetrics Views: Plans That Suit
If you read the comments, you’ll know that Paul posed a series of questions on how we determine of a trading approach suits our personality. This is a big topic - I could write a book on the subject. Clearly, I would be unable to do it justice in a blog […]
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Published in November 7th, 2011
BarroMetrics Views: A Need For Thought
We have just completed the 4-week live session for the Barros Swing seminar.
All in all, I think it will prove to be a winner - by that I mean we will see traders who will join the elite 10% to 20% who make money consistently. One thing I did note […]
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